US 12,256,861 B2
Electric kettle
Jaehoon Ahn, Seoul (KR); Juneyoung Lee, Seoul (KR); Daeyong Kang, Seoul (KR); Sangki Lee, Seoul (KR); Hoyong Jang, Seoul (KR); Seungje Park, Seoul (KR); and Donghyun Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/425,076
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/001236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/153826, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0010119 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0032612 (KR), filed on Mar. 21, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0032616 (KR), filed on Mar. 21, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0008932 (KR), filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104649 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 27/21 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/21066 (2013.01) [A47J 27/2105 (2013.01); A47J 27/21083 (2013.01); A47J 27/21091 (2013.01); A47J 27/21175 (2013.01); A47J 2202/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric kettle comprising:
a body to receive water or food therein;
a lid configured to shield an open upper side of the body;
a base provided at a lower side of the body and configured to support the body;
a heating module provided in a side of the body and configured to apply heat to the body such that the content contained in the body is heated;
a handle provided at a side of the body and configured to be held by hand; and
a control means provided in the handle, the control means configured to control power supplied to the heating module or to control a temperature of a content contained in the body,
wherein the handle comprises:
a handle support supporting multiple parts provided therein and constituting a frame of the handle, and
a handle cover coupled to the handle support and covering the multiple parts provided in the handle support,
wherein the handle support comprises:
a pillar frame which is a part covered by a hand of a user; and
a side wall frame having space formed therein such that the control means is installed in the space, and
the handle cover comprises:
a pillar piece covering at least one surface of the pillar frame;
a side piece formed at an upper side of the pillar piece and covering an outer part of the side wall frame; and
a top piece formed at a side of the side wall frame and shielding an open upper portion of the side wall frame,
wherein the top piece comprises:
a first manipulation part configured to be pressed or touched by a user such that power supplied to the electric kettle is turned on/off, and
a second manipulation part formed at a side of the first manipulation part and configured to be pressed or touched by a user such that a temperature of an inside of the body is set or controlled,
wherein the control means comprises:
a main PCB provided with multiple control parts;
a touch PCB provided at a side of the main PCB and configured to detect the pressing or touching transmitted through the first manipulation part or/and the second manipulation part of the top piece; and
a touch booster provided at a side of the touch PCB and configured to transmit the pressing or touching of the first manipulation part or/and the second manipulation part of the top piece to the touch PCB.